Amy has some money in her checking account. If she writes a check for $40.50, her checking account will be overdrawn by $21.50. Find how much money is Amy’s checking account now.
My Answer (please correct if wrong):
40.5 - (-21.50) = x
Nope.
21.50 - 40.50 = -?
19.00
To find out how much money is currently in Amy's checking account, we need to solve the equation:
x - 40.50 = -21.50
To do this, we can add 40.50 to both sides of the equation to isolate x:
x - 40.50 + 40.50 = -21.50 + 40.50
This simplifies to:
x = 19.00
So, Amy currently has $19.00 in her checking account.